California Police Look for Rogue Ex-Cop Suspected in Double Murder

An ex-cop with a stockpile of weaponry is being sought by police in Los Angeles after being implicated in a double murder in Irvine, and the police searching for him seem to have pretty itchy trigger fingers of their own. I’m staying inside today.

Los Angeles (CNN) — A former Los Angeles cop who allegedly warned he would target law enforcement in retribution for being fired is now suspected of shooting three officers early Thursday, killing one, authorities said.

The shootings — which come a day after Irvine, California, police named Christopher Jordan Dorner as the suspect in a double slaying there Sunday — sparked a huge manhunt in Southern California.

It also left officers extremely jittery. According to a senior law enforcement source, two people were wounded when officers in Torrance, California, opened fire on a blue pickup truck after it pulled up in front of a house where they were guarding a fellow officer Dorner had allegedly named as a target.

The truck — which turned out to be a newspaper delivery vehicle — resembled the truck Dorner is believed to be driving, the source said. Police also shot at another blue pickup in that city, but no one was injured in that incident, the source said.

The right wing blogosphere immediately leaped into action on this news, desperately trying to blame this rogue cop’s violent actions on “liberals.” I won’t link to these morons; you can easily find them raving in unison all over the wingnut blogs this morning.

“Feb 4, 2013 9:14:04 AM Last Resort
From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648
To: America
Subj: Last resort
Regarding CF# 07-004281
I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be villified by the LAPD and the media. Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse. The consent decree should never have been lifted. The only thing that has evolved from the consent decree is those officers involved in the Rampart scandal and Rodney King incidents have since promoted to supervisor, commanders, and command staff, and executive positions.

The fired ex-California cop who’s suspected of shooting three police officers this morning — one fatally — had initially gone to a yacht club near San Diego where police say he attempted to steal a boat and flee to Mexico, setting off a region-wide manhunt.

Police believe that former police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner, 33, who police believe posted an online manifesto outlining his plan to “terminate” his former colleagues and their families, is armed with a long gun and might have several other guns and high-capacity magazines. He is also believed to have access to military uniforms because he has served in the Navy.
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Police said Dorner’s manifesto included threats against members of the LAPD. Police say they are taking extra measures to ensure the safety of officers and their families.

The document, allegedly posted on an Internet message board this week, apparently blames Quan’s father, retired LAPD Capt. Randy Quan, for his firing from the department.

One passage from the manifesto reads, “I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty.”

“I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own,” it reads. “I’m terminating yours.”

It’s the only place I could find the entire manifesto. I really don’t know much about the website itself. Bad?

Look at the sites they link - notably Lew Rockwell and Michelle Malkin.
Also check the stories they have on their “Race Relations” section - a couple of those could have come straight out of Stormfront.

Gawker has the full manifesto as well. The manifesto is chock full of craziness from all over the political spectrum, but takes particular rage at those he feels responsible for his firing from the police force.

He’s specified his targets in the manifesto, and the shooting of the two women by the LAPD was near where one of those targets was located.

The LAPD has a mess on its hands of epic proportions. Some of those claims about racism and excessive force by officers do ring true. They’re nothing that we haven’t seen claimed about the LAPD before. Only this time, it’s a ex-cop who’s pissed at being fired and is now going to take his anger out on other cops. He’s already murdered two people connected with the officer who represented him at various hearings.

This is not going to end well for the people of LA or the LAPD. And having a trigger happy police force isn’t going to make anyone feel any safer either. I completely get that the cops are on edge since they’re being targeted themselves, but that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be taking all manner of precaution to keep the public safe - including identifying who they’re shooting at.

Look at the sites they link - notably Lew Rockwell and Michelle Malkin.
Also check the stories they have on their “Race Relations” section - a couple of those could have come straight out of Stormfront.

I wasn’t reading all that crap. The full manifesto is all I intended to link to.

That could have easily been done without removing the rest of it. His crazy diatribe on all the celebrities & politicians is interesting to read.

Interesting in the same way rubbernecking as one drives by a grisly road accident is. People like this want others to find them interesting. It validates their positions and justifies their actions in their minds.

Listening to the live stream right now. I am becoming more and more convinced that once they catch Dorner, there really needs to be a top-down review of the LAPD. It’s becoming more and more obvious that department learned absolutely NOTHING from the convictions and firings resulting from the Rampart and CRASH corruption cases in the not-too-distant past.

Interesting in the same way rubbernecking as one drives by a grisly road accident is. People like this want others to find them interesting. It validates their positions and justifies their actions in their minds.

This maniac thinks that after he’s killed a bunch of people, suddenly we’ll all care about the injustice done to him in junior high and what he thinks of Colin Powell.

Listening to the live stream right now. I am becoming more and more convinced that once they catch Dorner, there really needs to be a top-down review of the LAPD. It’s becoming more and more obvious that department learned absolutely NOTHING from the convictions and firings resulting from the Rampart and CRASH corruption cases in the not-too-distant past.

Not to mention major lawsuits from the families of the people they shot. What a mess.

While serving a search warrant tied to alleged theft charges, police found nearly two dozen machine guns and a grenade launcher in the home of a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employee, police said Wednesday.

Some families are prepared for gangbangers coming for their children, other folks are prepared for the zombie apocalypse coming for their…well the zombies would be disappointed in the lack of nutritious gray matter.//

On a personal note, any time I find a story on what appears to be a suspicious website, I tend to check what other sites they link, and hit a sampling of other posts they have done. Also, in those cases if a posted story is sourced elsewhere, I check the original source, if possible. If the site has a reputation for extremism, I try to make judicious use of the Google Cache if possible.

On a personal note, any time I find a story on what appears to be a suspicious website, I tend to check what other sites they link, and hit a sampling of other posts they have done. Also, in those cases if a posted story is sourced elsewhere, I check the original source, if possible. If the site has a reputation for extremism, I try to make judicious use of the Google Cache if possible.

I should have done that. I believe Gawker and crimefilenews got it from his FB page. Has anyone been able to find that page?

Of course the right wingers are going to blame his rampage on the “liberals’…don’t you all know that Liberals burned the Library at Alexandrea,they destroyed the Colossus of Thebes,brought about the Black Plague etc.etc….Oh and Krakatoa..They caused that to erupt Too…Did I mention there is arumor that they are also responsible for the Tunguska blast…